Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-01-27

partment were only payable at the ofiic" to
which they were issued the name Of the
postofIlcc being lnsel ted in the body of the
note Under an act Of Congress, passed
January 3rL, postal notes wore made pays'
bic At any money order Office in the country
and notes issued now bear upon their face
the word. payable at any moaey order Of
flee"
The perpetual motion machine man has
not been slow to realize upon his invention.
lie has not pitched it fast To any piece Of
Mbor saving machinery, but lots of people
hitch their horses to the fence while they
look twenty. five cents worth ut the / e.
Pm A calculation based upon the es'ab-
lishcd number Of ounces per thousand OF
population will, deductng q reasonable
amour, for expenses, express in "quartcrs
the sum total of its practical worth to the
inventor.
SPARE THE RoBlSs.--Very shortly the
robins will be with us again. The rule IL to
hHOOJ kItlh 'h'"I "''''N s'>
sparrows enjoy absolute immunity Ev'ry
wear reduces the number of birds in the sub
urbs oftown, and the reason is not difficult
to fn1 Ofthc fcathere1 tribes, hes DIES the
sparrow there are only five or six species
in thus country which will voluntarily seek
contact with the habitalions Of man. The
robin j. one of these. 1t is not the sparrow
that drives the robin away; it is the gun OF
the sportsman.
RELIGIOUS series Of meetings will he
begun in the Moravian Church, Graceham
on next Saturday at 730 p. IN. Mr.. John
Todd an Evangelist of Des Moines, Iowa
who has been laborng in Philadelphia FIR
some weeks past, will have charge of tho
services.
There will bc service sunday morning and
evening and every evening next week. All
are welcome.
No preaching in the Moravian Church
Mcchanicstown next Sunday.
G. G. Lanius, Pastor.
CoMMUNIoN Sunday next ct 10 m
and Z p. IN. the Sacramcn. OF the Lords
Supper will be administered at the Lutheran
church, this places.
w. C Wire. Pastor
TIE last IloP.-Mr. J. f. ID. Miller
sent out invitations last week to last hop
and ON Tuesday evening "a couples met
here and had n surfet of pleasure. These
merry parties have been prom nent feature
OF This winters amuscmcnts and have been
attended wv ladies and gentlemen of refine
mcnt. But very few of our town ladies
dance, and ,me VIII, do, have not attended
these parties. Not beng the gu 'rdian of
any ones conscience. nor the Trainer OF NOR
nj and social CO 'es, it is NOT for us to com.
ment upon that branch OF the subject. other
than to vouch for it that such AZ have at.
tended can never regret it on any grounds
of proprietv; the occasions, every one OF
them, having been most marked for their
rcntilty and an observance Of the usagcs of
polite society.
JUST MARK this item; cut 1t out and paste
It on tie y-leaf Of your ledger. Await de-
veopmcnts az they are now deing conduct
cd on the eastern slopes of the North Noun
tain and see if some of the unusual occur
rcnces noted by us on the Chimney Rock
apur of the Catoc,in and Its slope down to
Blue Bazcs are not proven to be worthy of
something more than taunt Of sensational.
ism. Because others did not witness these
things. or if they did, not with any int"lli-
gent conception thereof, does not 60 far to
prove that others may not have done So
We pin our faith to the belief in the exist
ence of some unstable element in the bowels
of that particular mountain and are perfect
" content to suffer the darts of witlings and
satirsts, awaiting the approach, now every
day definitely nearer, if those who, relying
upon the inalliblc index of scientific ascer-
tainmcnt. invest their money i'll direct
search. Till thcn-laush